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The donut : a Canadian history
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The donut : a Canadian history

Author: Steven Penfold
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Examines how the donut became, not only a mass commodity, but an edible symbol of Canadianness. This book explores the social and political conditions that facilitated the rapid rise and steady  Read more...

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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Steven Penfold
ISBN: 9780802097972 0802097979 9780802095459 0802095453
OCLC Number: 166687872
Description: xi, 256 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: Introduction: History from the bottomless cup --
Faith, efficiency, and the modern donut: inventing a mass commodity, 1920-1960 --
'Our new palace of donut pleasure': the donut shop and consumer culture, 1961-1976 --
'He must give up certain things': franchising and the making of the donut shop, 1960-1980 --
Expansion and transformation: colonizing the Canadian foodscape, 1974-1999 --
Eddie Shack was no Tim Horton: donuts and the folklore of mass culture in Canada, 1974-1999 --
Conclusion: Commodity and culture in postwar Canada.
Responsibility: Steve Penfold.
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A fascinating history of Canada's favourite treat.-Araminta Wordsworth

 
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